nation
English Thesaurus
1. the people who live in a nation or country (noun.group)
| hypernym | : | people, |
| definition | : | (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | irish, irish people, |
| definition | : | people of Ireland or of Irish extraction (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | swiss, swiss people, |
| definition | : | the natives or inhabitants of Switzerland (noun.person) |
| member holonym | : | national, subject, |
| definition | : | a person who owes allegiance to that nation (noun.person) |
2. a politically organized body of people under a single government (noun.group)
| hyponym | : | commonwealth country, |
| definition | : | any of the countries in the British Commonwealth (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | developing country, |
| definition | : | a country that is poor and whose citizens are mostly agricultural workers but that wants to become more advanced socially and economically (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | dominion, |
| definition | : | one of the self-governing nations in the British Commonwealth (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | foreign country, |
| definition | : | any state of which one is not a citizen (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | reich, |
| definition | : | the German state (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | suzerain, |
| definition | : | a state exercising a degree of dominion over a dependent state especially in its foreign affairs (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | sea power, |
| definition | : | a nation that possesses formidable naval strength (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | ally, |
| definition | : | a friendly nation (noun.group) |
| instance hyponym | : | eelam, tamil eelam, |
| definition | : | the independent state that the Tamil Tigers have fought for (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | estate, estate of the realm, the three estates, |
| definition | : | a major social class or order of persons regarded collectively as part of the body politic of the country (especially in the United Kingdom) and formerly possessing distinct political rights (noun.group) |
3. a federation of tribes (especially Native American tribes) (noun.group)
4. United States prohibitionist who raided saloons and destroyed bottles of liquor with a hatchet (1846-1911) (noun.person)
| instance hypernym | : | dry, prohibitionist, |
| definition | : | a reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages (noun.person) |
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